![]() “We’re such a flat area, and there’s already water standing” on and alongside the roads. “The big concern is flooding,” Howell said as rain hammered at windows Wednesday evening. County government spokeswoman Wendy Howell said there had been no reports of significant damage or injuries. Tornado warnings were issued for southwest Georgia’s largest city, Albany, and surrounding Dougherty County on Wednesday afternoon. Connie Hobbs, the elected commission chairman for neighboring Baker County, said hail stones up to golf-ball size rained down in her yard. Video posted on social media showed a large funnel cloud churning on the horizon near the rural city of Blakely, and officials in nearby communities reported downed trees and snapped power lines. He told WALB-TV the home in Quail County Plantation, near the county line with neighboring Early County, was demolished. Two people escaped unharmed from a home that was destroyed Wednesday as storms raked rural southwest Georgia, Calhoun County Sheriff Josh Hilton said. At one point, the outages were affecting close to 50,000 people in Alabama alone.įorecasters said severe storm threats could persist into Thursday, with the greatest risk across southern Alabama and Georgia into the Florida Panhandle as well as Oklahoma and parts of northern Texas and southern Kansas. Tens of thousands of people across both Alabama and Georgia were without power Wednesday night amid the storms, according to each of the state’s power providers. ![]() There was no immediate word on that person’s condition. In Georgia, authorities in Troup County told WSB-TV that a person was struck by lightning Wednesday afternoon. Witnesses posted video of tornadoes hitting Abbeville and Eufala in Alabama. Some areas also were pelted with large hail. The National Weather Service issued numerous tornado warnings, mainly in southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia, and cautioned that gusts of hurricane-force winds exceeding 90 mph (145 kph) were possible in parts of northeast Louisiana and central Mississippi. (AP) - Damaging winds and possible tornadoes toppled trees, damaged buildings and blew cars off a highway Wednesday as powerful storms crossed the South from Texas to Georgia. ![]()
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